C. difficile Rate:

The C. difficile infection rate is calculated as a rate per 1,000 patient days. The “total patient days” represents the sum of the number of days during which services were provided to all inpatients during the given time period. The rate is calculated as follows: Number of new hospital acquired cases of C. difficile in our facility x 1000 Total number of patient days (for one month)

For smaller facilities:

C. difficile rates may vary from month to month: the smaller the facility, the greater the rates will vary—this is because a change in even one case in a small facility will cause the rate to go up or down considerably;

Number of new cases C difficile rate:

	Number of New Cases	C Difficile Rate
April 2009	0	0
May 2009	0	0
June 2009	0	0
July 2009	0	0
August 2009	0	0
September 2009	0	0
October 2009	1	0.56
November 2009	0	0
December 2009	0	0
January 2010	0	0
February 2010	0	0
March 2010	0	0
April 2010	0	0
May 2010	0	0
June 2010	0	0